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AN ACf.
fr a incorporate the MUtedgeriRc Rail Road Company.
Se'-'i'in 1 fef it enacted by the Senate and House
nf Rrp'esmt'-.tireS of the State of Georgia in General
Assembly m-t and is is hereby enacted by the authority of
the same Thai Thom is li Stubbs. Benjaoim H.
Jordan. Jeomiali Beall IVilliatn I). Jarratt. Parish
(Tarter, Thomas Butler. Thomas Ragland. William
Y Haosell. Benjamin A Wliito. (T. I> llammond,
F. V. Delaunay. K. K Uinen. G H Jordan. Iver
son L Harris. T. Fort. M J Kenan. R. M. Orme,
and their associates and successors be. and they are
hereby incorper tied with vested powers, rights and
privileges, as a body politic, by the name and style
of the ■Milledecville Kail Road Company,” and by
the name and style aforesaid, shall be capable in law
to sne and be sued, answer and be answered unto,
defend and be defended, in all Courts of the State
of Georgia, nr any Court whatever having compe
tent jurisdiction over any matter, dispute or transac
tion touching the business affairs or wellbeing of
the said company,that they may have and uses, com
mon seal, hud the same may alter or'char.;'- at their
pleasure, and shall have lull power and atnhorily to
do and perform all an I every such incorporate acts
as are permitted or allowed to other incorporated
Coinpau.es for similar purpo-es; and the president
and Directors of said " Milledgeville Rail Road Com
pany” ah <1 be competent to make ad necessary by*
laws, rules, and regui Hons, as iliey may deem most
conducive to th • good order, faith, and harmonious
government of the said company: Provided, such by
laws. rules and regu.ntinns, be not repug ..nut to the
Constitution and laws of this Slate.
Sec !i And be it further enacted liylhe authority
aforesaid. Thai it shall and may be lawful for the
said Company to crea'e a stock of sixteen hundred
thousand dollars, to be increased if necessary, one-
third. for the purpose of erecting the Rail Roads
hereinafter described, to wit-a Rail Road from the
city of Milledgeville dry the way of Sparta, or its vi
cinity.in Hancock County.to VVarreutnn.in Warren
County, or to such point of in erection wiih the
Georgia and Ath.-n- Rail Road above Warrenton.
as the said company may select and agree upon; and
also a Rail Road Irotn the city of Milledgeville to in
tersect the Centrd KulJKond either in the couniv of
\V i Uinson or Washington, as the said company may
agree upon and select; and they are authorized and
empowered to cause hooks of s ibscrip ion to be
opened at such places, and in such manner, as they
may deem most conducive to etrect the obiainment
of the stock required lor the purpose aforesaid
Sec. 3. And be it further enacted by the authori
ty aforesaid. That the capita! stork of said company
shall consi-t of sixteen thousand shires, tfone hun
dred dollars each, but liie number of shares maybe
increased one third: and upon the subscribing for
shares, in said slock, the subscribers shall pay die
sum of live dollars, upon each -hare subscribed for
by such subscriber : Provided, that the said company
may Commence The Kail Road and ail die business re
quisite fur the completion of the same, first above
mentioned, so soon as ten thousand sharr s shall he
subscribed in said slock; or the road to intersect the
Central Rail Rind so soon as -fx thousand shares
shall have been subscribed.
Sec. 4. An I he it further enacted by the aulhon-
ty aforesaid, That the Slid company shall he allowed
seven years from the passage of ibis act to complete
said contemplated Rail Roads, as the term of five
years to complete either of them. Provided, they
should decide to erect only one of-aid roads. And
the said company shall he entitled and authorized to
demand ami collect freights (or tolls on all goods,
wares, merchandize, or production of the country,
conveyed over said Rail Roads, nr either ol ihein.
Bod also for passengers on the same, as the Board of
Directors of the said Company may find necessaiy to
adopt from time to time, in d eir regulations of toll:
Provided, that during any twelvemonths together,
the net amount thill not exceed twenty-five percent,
per annum upon the amount of capital actually paid
in. or Ihe amount actually expended in making, con
stiucting and keeping ill good repair said Rail Road
or either of them.
Sec 5. And be it further enacted by the anthori"
ty aforesaid. That the Board of Directors of the
aforesaid Company shall have power to select and
take, oi receive as donation, such strip or strips of
land between the points selected for said roads or i
either of them, and of such width and shape as they
may deem necessary for the construction of said
roads or either of them; and in ease of disagreement
between die owner and owners and the Board of Di- !
rectors of the aforesaid company, in regard to the
damages or price ot the necessary strip or strips of
laud required for the purposes alorisaid. it may and
shad be law lul for the company to appoint two com
petent and disinterested freeholders, and the owner
or owners of such land shall appoint two competent
so l disinterested freeholders, all of whom shall be
sworn by some judicial officer to do equal justice
between the parties; and they shall then proceed up
on the premises as a committee of arbitration and
appraisement, and they shall make their award of
valuation of damages in writing, to be approved and
signed by them, or a majority of them; which amount
Ihe said companyshall pay to the owner nr owners
of such strip or strips ol land, and the fee simple
right thereof shall vest in said company for ever; and
liie award shall he recorded in the office of the Clerk
of the Superior court of the county where ihe land
may lie. in the same manner as deeds In case the
owner or owners of such strip or strips of land, sliall
refiisp to appoint on their part a referee or referees,
then and in that event the Inferior Court, or a ma
jority of the C< lift, [of the county ] in which such
strip or strips of land may lie, sliall nppoir.t such re
feree or referees; and in ease the committee afore
said in either way appointed, cannot agree upon the
amount of damages a nd valuation, they shall ,-hnn-e
a fifth man. who sliall he sworn as aforesaid, and he
added to the said committee; and in ease either patty
be dissatisfied with the award of the committee of
arbitration, they shall have ihe right of appeal In a
special jury in ihe county where ihe land may lie,
which appeal shall he iried at the firs’ term ot the
Superior Court in the county where the land lies,
afler the said appeal is made; and the decision, in
which way soever made bv the special jury shall
vest in the Milledgeville Rail K->ad Company the
fee simple of tf e strip or strips of land inqne lion,
and in the other party a judgment hir the value there
of thus ascertained and determined.
Sec. fi And be it further enacted by the authority
aforesaid. That the said company shuil not obstruct
by their Rail Road any public road which may be
crossed by said Rail Road; that the stock of the
aforesaid company shall be exempt from all taxes,
duties and impositions whatever, unless it be such a
tax. and no more, as is now imposed on Bank slock
in tiiis State; and that no Kail Road shall be permit
ted hereafter in he erected or constructed within
twenty miles of the route or routes the aforesaid com
pany may select, without their consent.
•See. 7. And he it further enacted by the authori
ty aforesaid That no stockholder of said company
shall be eligible as a Director, unless he shall hold at
least fifty shires of Ihe stork iri his own right or as
administrator executor, or guardian: ihe Board shall
be competent at all times to call an extra meeting of
liie stockholders w hen by rhetn deemed necessary;
and the Directors shall choose one of their own body
as Piesiden'. who, together with the Directors, shall
be entitled to and receive such compensation for
their services as may be allowed by the owners and
lawful representatives nfa majority of shares of the
capital stock of the institution, to he determined by
ballot or otherwise at the annual regular meeting of
the stockholders, ami lobe determined on before the
annual election for Directors shall take place; and in
all elections the stockholders shall he allowed to vote,
either in person or by proxy, duly authorized by
power of attorney properly executed. The number
of votes to which each stockholder shall he entitled,
sh ill be according to the number of shares held by
each, every shaie one vote but no share shall enti
tle the holder to a vote, unless the same has heen
transferred bona file, on the books of the said com-
pany at least thr-e calender months before the elec
tion; the Board shall be competent to appoint and
fix ihe salaries of a Secretary and Treasurer, and
rs many clerk-, agents, engineers and laborers as
they may deem necessary and expedient to dispatch
the business of the said company. And until a Board
of Directors shall be organized and competent to
proceed to business, ihe amounts received from sub
scribers for stock, shall be deposited hv the person
or persons receiving the same, in the Bank of Mil-
edgeville.
Sec 8. And be it further enacted by the authority
aforesaid. That the Board of Directors shall have
power to call in such ratio Irom time to time, of the
subscription of stock upon the hooks of said compa
ny, by way ot instalments, aslheyr may deem nereg.
essary for the prompt progress and execution ol the
work, fir-t giving notice to the stockholders respec
tively, sixty days ptevinus to the time required for
the payment of such instalment, in all ihe public
Gazettes ol Milledgeville; and in case any stockhold
er shall refuse to pay his. her, or their instalments
when called on in any manner aforesaid.il shall be
lawful for the board to declare such shares of slock
forfeited to the use and benefit of the company; hut
the defaulting party shall have the right ot appeal to
the stockholders at their next regular meeting there
after. and by the consent of the owners and rrpre-
aentatives of two-thirds of the capital slock of the
institution. Ihe previous instalment which may have
been paid upon the shares so forfeited may be refun
ded, and the said shares offered hy the board for re-
snbscription. as if the same had never been subscrib
ed for
of rebuilding or repairing the same, the one halfof which
•hail be paid hy the company to the informer.
Sec. 10 And be it further enacted by the authority
aforesaid. That the persons authorized by this act to
raise ihe capital stock of said company, or such person
or persons ns they authorize and appoint for that pur
pose, shall issue certificates of stock to the subscribers
at the time of subscribing which may he exchanged for
script or certificates of ihe Secretary ami Treasurer, al
ter the Board of Directors shall be organized and au
thority given by them for that purpose. And We evi
dences ot (Mils ol I lie said company shall be binding
only oil the funds of said company when under Iheir
corpor le seal, or w hi n signed by the President and
countersigned, or attested by the Secretary and Treasu
rer of said company. The first annual election for Di-
ree’ors shall take place on the first Monday of October,
‘ 1838, and annually on the first Monday of Ocioher, tin-
i less prevented by some casually, and should no election
j take place at the time above prescribed, the corporation
for that cause shall not cease, but that’an election may
tie held at any such other time as the Directors for (lie
time being shall appoint, and the Directors for the lime
shall act until a new hoard shall lie eleeied. The num
ber of directors of raid company shall be five; and
Mr. Jenkins* Letter of Acceptance.
Auousr.x, 2 l Jth June, 1853.
i Gentlemen—i have received your coumnicalion r
tiie 23d inst., informing me that ‘ a Convention o.
the Conservative men of Georgia, assembled in Mtl-
ledgevile on that day, had selected me as their cantli
date lor Governor, in the approaching canvass,” and
requesting my acceptance of the nomination.
However reluctant 1 may have been to occupy
that position, the unanimity of iheir selection, and
my own entire sympathy with the spirit of their fur
ther deliberations, forhid even momentary hesitation
to acquiesce in their wishes.
I have read, with deep interest, the publi-hed pro
ceedings oftiiat body, and am gratified to preccive
that their position has been taken with direct refer
ence to present, retlier than to past i-sues. and that
they have spoken in a spirit of lealty to country
rasher than to parly.
In our complex system of Government, ‘ the
rights of the States and the Union of the States,” are
pat un mint interests, and their presfrvaltnn requires
book of minutes of the prortedings of the stockholders | perpe' oat vigilence Dur Forefathers, inhabiting
and ofthe directors, shall be kepi hv the Secretary and
1 reastirer, which. together with all the hooksofsaid
com pany. shall he subject to the inspection of ihe stock
holders at each of iheir annual extia meetings.
Assented to, 26ih December, 1337.
AN ACT.
To r“vive and amend the Act entitled, “An Act to in
corporate the iM.lfedg ville Kail Road Company.” As-
I sented to 26th December. 1337.
Sec. I. Be it enacted by Ihe General Assembly of the
1 State of Georgia. That the act, the title of which is re*
j cited in the foregoing title, be, and the same is hereby
revived; arid su -h revived act (shall) continue in full
force for and during the term of thirty years
Sec. 2. And be it further enacted. That whereas many
of the |>ersoiis incorporated hy ihe art of 1837, aforesaid,
have died, and others ol them have removed form the
county of Baldwin, that the following persons or any
two ofi hem, and rticli others as they may associate
with themselves hereafter, shall constitute and from the
Milledgeville Rail Road Company, to wit: Tomlin-on
Fort. Miller Grieve, Uriah Horne, Isaac Newell, Augus
tus II. Kenan, Benjamin T. Bethnne, W. S. Rockwell,
M. J Kenan. James llerty,George I, D'miug, E Dag
gett, K. M. Ramsay, W A. Jarrali, Benjamin S. Jordan,
Green // Jiuirdan, Seaton Grantland, baniuel T. Beech
er, John Treanor, Robert MrComb. Samuel Buffington,
Jr., James Dickson, Allen Lit tie, William A Mott, R.
M. Orme, Fariah Carter, John G. Park. F. H. Sand lord,
and Nathan Haw kins, with all the rights and privilege*
which this [act] revives and amends-
tSec. 3. And be it fuither enacted, &c„ That the pri
vate property of peril stockholder, equal to the amount
of tiis stock, shall he liable for the debts of the incorpur -
aiion, and in the event of the neglect or refusal of the
mror|Kiration to pay any debt owing hy the same, ihe
creditor or creditors thereof may sue the company in their
corporate name, and, upon obtaining execution against
| the company.it may first be levied upon Ihe corporate
j properly of saidcompany, to wit: the ror.d, nr any por»
I lion thereof, ihe cars, &c., <fcc., which shall be first lia-
| hie, an- 4 upon the rctHru of the proper i fficer or officers,
| ‘‘no corporate property to be found,” said execution may
then he levied upon an amount of the private property
of any stockholder ol liie company equal lo the amount of
I his stoek; and if tlmt he not sufficient to satisfy the said
execution, then it my he levied upon the private prop
erly of any other stockholder, nptr.l to his st >ck, and so
on. until the execution is fully sali-lied, and in all cases
I the levying officer shall be the Judge ofthe amount of
private property necessary to satisfy the fi fa.
8ec. 4. And be it further eneated, Ac., That it shall
be th-duty of the said company to publish, semi-an-
i nually, in some public gazette of the State, a full state
ment olthe names of the stockholders of said company,
arid the amount of stock owned hy each: and ihatariy
ransfer of the stock so owned hy each stockholder,
distinct colonies, hy a united struggle achieved th
independence; hm the glorious consummation was,
the iuvestiiiie of rock colony with the altriiiuies of
sep irate Slate sovereignly Commensurate with
their valor w.ts the wisdom which promptly lii-certted
that the best safe guard, the surest guaranty, to
each 8taie of Iter newlv acquired freedom and sov
ereignty, was the Union ol all ihe States This
Union, to he effectual, must be invested with cer
tain government function Hence the delegation,
tiv the Sf-tes. of some of their political powers, with
the expre-s reservation of those not delegated Fi
delity lo the distribution thus made, is one of the
highest duties ol all Ameticati patriots. So far Irom
being inconsistent with, or antagonistic to each oth-
ct, the sovereignty of the States, and the Union of
the Slates are mutual supports, and cemponei I parts
of a structure, which Time is last cou-ecraliiig as
the realization of man's grandest political conception.
In theory their harmony is perfect: in practice, their
seeming conflict is The result ofcorrupt or desperate
statesmanship —Fanatic, to piomirte particular ends,
and ConsohdalioRists, to subvert a Constitution they
never approved will often seek to steal away from
the St rtes their reserved rights, and gradually build
up an all controlling Central Pow er Their politi
cal antipodes. more ardent Ilian discreet—more jeal
ous of State sovereignty, than careful of the Federal
Union, exasperated b> such perfidious intrigues, are
always too ready to proclaim Disunion, and adven
ture madly on untried expeiimeuts. It is the noble
and respons'b.e mission of conservative citizens,
caiinlv. yet vigilantly watching the progress ofevents.
to thwart ihe insidious machinations of the former,
and crush Ihe precipitate uprisings -ofthe latter. In
fulfillment of this mission, Georgia laid before the
country the exposition and the resolutions adopted,
bv her Convention of December. 1850: and surely
ail who give them a sincere and hearty approval
then, will rejoice in their re affirmative noic.
The sympathy expressed by the convention fortbe
oppressed of other climes is hut a pulsa ion ofthe
great American heart, It is a generous and elevated
sentiment, the simple expression of which cheers she
heart, and nerves the arm ol freedom's struggling
votary everywhere. But, for the reason that ri is
generous and impulsive.severe restraint is requisite
to confine it within Ihe well defined limits of our
international-policy. Prominent among the ancient
land m irks which indicate those limits, is the inter
diction of entangling alliances, and intervention in
foreign controversies. No close observer of passing
events can have overlooked recent efforts to stigoia-
transfered twelve months prior to tlie obiainment of j tize this truly American principle as adapted only to
t ical reproach as results from tittle or no employment
j in the civil service of the ennutry. Let those who
I think tnoio favorably ol the uoniir.ee. or who are wil-
, ling tr take the responsibility of voting for him hap-
/ hazard do so. I will mil.
| I should be sorry ueeertheless to see the Constitution-
j al I'niun party tn masse rate for the Democratic nom
inee. Certain events which followed the April Con-
I vention of that party were well calculated to Impair
j its stability and efficiency;anil therefore to excite both
1 regret and apprehension, while theie remained in
j prospect a probable necessity for its continued, dis-
: linct organization. IH'Y NOW THAT BOTH
! thk .\ ational parties have fully re
j t'OGNIZF.D AND ADOPTED THE PLAT
FORM OF THAT PARTY. I THINK IF
WOULD NOT ON I.YBI . CONSISTENT WITH
j ITS PAST COURSE. BUT PROMOTIVE OF
(THE END OF ITS FORMATION TO DIS-
j SOL\ F, IT. Tha- end i--expressed in a lew words:
I - acquiescence indie Compromise measures—faithful ex-
I edition of ihe fagitire start law —cessation of the slavery
i agiation ” The coalition ol the Constitutional L-
| nion parly w ith either of ihe national parlies, would
' involve a condernnaiioo ofthe other, having refer
ence lo tile end above stated and that loo, in the teeth
of a recent pledge o! co-operation in its promotion.—
j This would be not only inconsistent with the position
j of ihe Union party, hut in the last degree prejudicial
to Southern interests. UNDER EXISTING CIR
CUMSTANCES, I WOULD NOT ASK MY
! DEMOCK ATI: NION FRIENDS TOAB.ANDON
I THEIR FORMER *1.1 IKS NOR All 1 AT ALL
I DISPOSED TO SEPARATE FROM MINE —
I THERE IS NO REASON TO SUPPOSE THAT
j TH EY H A VE C< »NC El V EU A NEW ATT ACH-
! .WENT TO THE WHIG PARTY AND UPON
| THE CLOSEST St I.F EX AMIN ATION. I DO
NOT PERCEIVE THAT I AVI AT ALL DEM
OCRATIZED. I see no rea-aon why we should
J not separate in entire good feeling, having learned,
j during our brief association the important lesson of
j mutual respoet and toleration, unrireadt at all times,
j hereafter, to re organize fr.r the defence of onr State
I institutions or of onr Federal Union, whenever and
. however imperilled.
I I cannot perceive upon wh.it Union Whig
\ predicate a preference for Ihe Democratic over the
■ Whig nominee. Both are nbjectional Both parties
! have required us (the people) to lake loo much upon
| trust—hive presumed too far upon the supposed in
j sane idolatry of military men, their titles and their tri
umphs If such things have heen done heretofore.
: mid have been tolerated, their pricedents are evil, and
; it is high time an attempt was being made to arrest the
| downward tendency, which
I in degrading die highest office under the constitution
| If there were any hope of making a strong d
{ stratum by bringing out another
! this late day, I should heartily concur in the move- j
ment But there are few in the country who are nn- i
! committed by the nomination, and perhaps fewer still j
j how would be willing to vote for a candidate having !
I no prospect of success.
i I may be asked what then shall We do—stand alool j
i—not vote at all? Belter this, than vote wrong— I
I Those who fee! it a duty to choose between the two i
j eviis. or who cannot be content with temporary isola- j
lion, will of eon r-e put on the uuifv-rm and fad into;
.ranks. Doubtless they will ha\e good ilrillina, and
! one day or other, a just appreciation of
tics.” Frankly confessing the di-comforts of inactivi-
j 'y. 1 greatly prefer it to the reluctant support oftiih-
1 er of the Great A rail ..hies
Very respectfully. Ac.,
j CHARLES J. JENKINS.
P. W. Alexander. F.sq.
States Rights anti United States’ Rights,
SjsssnTSts t; ff -
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fflfrtral SKutott*
MILLEDGEVILLE, July 12, 1S5-3.
FOR GOVERNOR.
HON H V JOHNSON,
OF BALDWIN COUNTV.
FOR COAGRESS-
1st Dist. JAMES L. SEWARD, of Thomas.
2d “ A H. COLQUITT, of B ker.
3d •• DAVID J. BAILEY, of Butts.
4th « VV B. V\. DENT, of Coweta.
5th “ E. VV. CHASTAIN, of Gilmer.
<)aisi|>;iiu:ii Papei-.
We w ill send the Federal Union to Cam
paign Subscribers upon the following term-;
Single copy, 6 months, - - - SI
Six copies 6 “ - - - o
Persons wishing the paper only through the
Campaign, will receive it until the 15'h of
| November at 50 cents. Twit er more names
n | should accompany each order, also the cash.
judgement against the company, shall nut discharge hi*
private property, but it shall still be hound under the
provisions and in the manner pointed out in the forego
ing section.
tsec. ft. And be it further enacted, &■<•., That in case
any stockholder or stockholders shall be compelled, un
der the foregoing section, to pay off the execution or ex
ecutions obtained against tlie company, it shall be kept
open for his or their benefit, and may be levied hy him
or thim upon the private prepony ol'any or nil tie* other
the weakness of our infancy and unbecoming the
vigor of onr maturity. Innovation, misnamed pro
gress, is doing much to lure us front the paths of
peace. wltere.iR the Good and Wise of other days led
the young Republic on to prosperity and to fame;
hat no one of her many departures is fraught with
more unmitigated evil than this abominable heresy
of propagating hy the sword, truths, we have here
tofore been content to teach by example. I am htgh-
RAIL ROAD MEETING IN' SPARTA.
Sparta, G\ , lih July, 1853
A large number of the citizens of Hancock eoimty
stockholders, in proportion to their respective shares of >y gratified, therefore, lo find that upon these two
stock I cardinals points—the one of domestic, the other of
Sec. 6 And be it further enacted, That all laws, or foreign policy—both requiring ceaseless watchful-
parts oflaws, in conflict with this act, be, and the same ! ness, both cf vast interest at the present moment, the
j
i
i met at the Court-house to consider the question of aiding
j in the construction of a Kail Road from ,Macon through
Milledgeville and Sparta in Warrenton, or other eligible
point on the Georgia Kail Road Mr. Lane was appoin-
! led Chairman, and Mr. Lewis, Secretary.
Judge Baxter stated,at the request of the Chairman,
the object ofthe meeting; and also staled that he con
Mr. Jeuliiiis' L.t.‘itt*r of Acceptance.
If anything was wanting to shuvv the co
ver! design of the Tourntrs, Conservative,
Republican Citizen Convention, it is fully
supplied hy the transparent missive that has
f inevitahily result j emanated from this gentleman of Algerine
law renown. Who can doubt longer, that
.... ctnon-j ,| ie rga i design is to bring the Whies into
Whig candidate, at j , “ f , it*,
power under talse pretences! I lie \\ liter
name is repudiated hy the Convention.
Whig principles are ignored, and resolu
tion are put forward, like a net set and ar
ranged to catch birds of every leather.
Where it is desirable to ensnare Union
Democrats,it is styled the ‘Union Convert-
Lion.” To meet the views of the tedium
quid Websterians, it is styled the “Con-
Seott’s tac : strralive ConventionTo appease restless
| and suspecting Scott men, true to their
i party allegiance, it is s.yled the “ Whig
j Convention." To throw dust generally
j ovet the entire contemptible farce and to
i gild the bolus fitted for the throats of mal-
* contents of every line, it is called the Con-
I vention of “Republican Citizens." What
| ingenuous mind can suppress or resist the
1 feeling of disgust which such a spectacle
excites? Who is so verdant, as to he taken
■ by such a toil ? Who so blind, as not to
see the lurid glare of the old dragon’s eyes
teeth, through the apertures of tht
1 that the ‘iron ribbed democracy’ of Geor
gia would nut permit her 'interests to be
chained to the car id national’ Whiggtryl
t Honor blight Mr. Jenkins—if the State
spoils and State offices, and State interests
could always be kept in the hands of the
Whig party, would you have ever com
plained.—ever dreamed, that you were
' committing a great eiror? Hete is where
the shoe pinches. Bind Georgia eternally
to the car of Whiggery, and Mr. Jenkins
would remain satisfied as long as he lives.
Is it not so? We appeal tocandid and sen
sible men, is it not so? Mr. Jenkins knows
! it is so.
; But who ate responsible for the divisions
i of our people into parties? Who caused
J the interests of Georgia ‘to be chained to
■ the car of National politics?’ Up to 1S32-3
! this was not the case in out State; but
i then the Nuliifiers Mr. Jenkins prominent
[ among them, made war upon Genet al
j Jackson, because he would not let them
| dissolve the Union on account of the Tar
iff. Since that lime, first under one name
and then anolhe r . they have continued to
j oppose every •democratic administration.
M». Jenkins is deeply involved in the re-
: sponsibility oftkis schism among our people.
1 by which each division at ranged themselves
i with the respective national patties Yes
| he, the nulltfier of 1S32 3. has been among
I the foremost to bring about this state of
• things. But he is ge’ting sick of it. He
j finds it does not control the spoils of of
fice. He finds it has drawn him into brother
i hood with reeking federalism and abolition
; ism. He finds the people of Georgia will
1 toleiate him and his file leaders, Toombs
arid Stephens, m longer. Hence he has
; confessed the ‘errot’ which has long press-
; ed upoi his conscience and in the patrio-
I tism of hp penitence, he asks to he chosen
1 Governor of Georgia, as the entering
; wedge to the reformation suggested. Why
| has not Mr. Jenkins disclosed his convic
| lion of political sins long ago? Has the
! still small voice been hushed by the wbis-
j perittg hope, that Whiggery would yet
j triumph and then it would he perfectly
‘ right to ‘chain the interests’of Georgia to
Democrats look to yonr eatposts*
The enemy that finds an open attack im
possible, from his weakness, endeavors t u
Bcoomplish hy strategy what cannot be done
by the vigor and power of a manly charge.
The Whig patty in Georgia was crushed t ( »
the earth last November. The leaders and
the spoilsmen at once saw that, to accom
plish their object, the plan of attack foe the
future most be changed. How was this to be
done? By changing tbeir party name and
publicly abandoning their Patty creed
1 bis is ‘ the same old coon,” Democrats;
you ought to know him well. There are
Jenkins and I oombs and Stephens,‘‘coons’’
ol high degree. They have ail fought you
with pepper-pods, hard-cider and log-cah-
itts, and deafened your eats with the ear
piercing fife and the spirit stirring drum.—
i lie pepper pods blinded the eyes of many,
the hard c dot drowned the reason of others,
the file and dium deafened the ear to the
warnings of truth, and now, when anew
emetgenry arises to rescue Whiggery from
the mud. a new expedient is practiced. No
opposition is to be made to Democratic prin
ciples— that is the enemy’s trick now.
Democrats, as Colquitt would say in his
wo.-dchuck story, this looks like dentocta-
cy, it talks like democracy, it has a tail like
democracy, hut i: dont smell like democra
cy; ami it isn’t democracy.
Wolves in Slifi’p’s ( loiliiog.
ihe present position and professions of
the leaflets of the whig petty in Geotg a are
very suspicious. Men who have been no
torious all their lives as thieves and rnb-
; bers, when they are eaught and imprisoned
i frequently profess to ire convened to hort-
esty. \\ hen these old rogues profess
i suddenly to become exceedingly honest,
and commence lecturing honest men on
the beauties of honesty, they ate looked
; upon w ith suspicion, and their sudden con-
: version is generally discovered to be a cloak
j under which they hope to hide some pre
meditated mischief. Under the Galphiu
administrations of Taylor and Fillmore,
Whig politicians assisted each other to
plunder the people of thousands and mil-
her cat? Or does Mr. Jenkins say, it lions ot dollars; the enormous sums taken
would have been ‘eulopian’ for him to
have attempted to stem the torrent? That
will not do. As he loves his 'country' so
well, he ought, at least to have made his
fiorn Ihe Treasury by the Corwins, Craw
fords, and Gardiners went into the hands of
whigs in high office. At that time we did not
hear a word about economy from the whin
i are hereby repealed,
j Assented to, December, 1817.
AN ACT to amend an act to revive and amend an act
j entitled an act to incorporate (lie Milledgeville
I Rail Road Company, assented to 2Gth December,
! 1837.
| Section 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and Honse
of Kepreseiitato es ofthe Slate of Georgia in General
Convention adhere to the lessons taught by the fniind-
ders of’ ntir Government and recognize as their ora
cle— •The Father of his Country ’
Every Administration should he held to strict ac
countability. in the expenditure of public money, for
two sufficient reasons: Economy lends to lighten the
i burthens of Government, always cheerfully borne
\ by our patriotic people when reasonable, and it fos-
j ters republican simplicity and purity Cheapness
Assembly met and it is hereby enacted by the author-I a „fl simplicity in every Department are outward,
ity ofthe same. That the corporation created hy said visible tokens, distinguishing republican from regal
. act and the act oi which it is amendatory shall have : sway.—Their disappearance is an infallible symptom
full authority and power according to the limitations ! ofde»pneracy.
j and restrictions in said acts mentioned, to construct j The Federal domain is a source of vast national
. their said railroads from the city of Milledgeville to the . wealth. stimulating cupidity, arid inciting to ineqn ita-
city of Macon, or to such point in the vicinity thereof , hie sectional demands. The disposition of the pub-
as may be deemed most eligible by said company for \ pc lands is therefore a subject of great magnitude
public convenience.
Section 2 And be it fmther enacted by the author
ity aforesaid. That the directors of said company shall
be elected annually, at such lime as said corporation !
shall by its by-laws direct and appoint, all the stock-
aiid present urgency. The new States, born, rear-
I erl and established in maturity upon them, assuming
that propinquity gives preference, and connectiuj
with their disposition “wild, reckless, and gigantic
chentes of Internal Improvements.” and mnnife-tly
holders being equally eligible; and in case a failure lo | seeking to devote them to "promotion of particular
elect at the lime appointed, the corporation shall not interests, rather than the general ben* fit of those
thereby be dissolved, but the Directors already elected j who bear the burden of taxation ” It may not be ;
shall continue in office, until their successors are l doubled that the elder States, uniting in kin 1. but I
elected and qualified according to lire provisions of <; rm resistance to this spirit oftnnnoply. will succeed
said act.
Section 3. An be it lurthcr enacted. That the
Third. Fourth, and Fifth Section* of the act of which
this is amendatory, be and the same are hereby repeal
ed.
Approved, February 8, 1850.
tSec. 3d 4lh and 5lh of this act repealed by act of statesmen.
awakening in their younger sisters, a sense ol
jnslice. slumbering, not extinct. The effort to adjust
lairly.and without commotion, this growing conlro
versy, would well become their greater age. and
more matronly characteristics But there are in it
elements of strife, dangerous in the. hands of dema
gogues—harmless in der the control ol conservative
1349.
DEMOCRATIC MEETING IN MONROE
COUNTY.
j Whilst the appointing power (involving the pat-
j ronage ofthe Government ) should not be unreason
ably trammelled, its exercise cannot more than that
, . n i . c of any other political Dower, be treed Iroinresponsi-
According to previous announcement. Delegates ol r r
, ,, . r» . r „ ,i * . • , , btlity. If remoras from the office fall upon oppo-
the Democratic Party from Ihe several districts ot / .■ „ ",
,, . j . l- ,i r ,i nents ol the ruling Administration, surely appnin'-
Monroecounty.convenedatrorsyth.forthepnrpo.se , 6 , r ./ , ,
.... c ; _ ,, D ' meats may serve to indicate the-friends of its adoption
of se eding candidates for a Senator and two Kepre- i , . - . . , , J ' , J
j r , . . i • . . r —Let not hose who bold y avow removals lor opm
I sentativrs for the next Legislature
On motion of James Lvons, Esq , Dr. R L Roddcv
: was called to Ihe thair, and Henry Johnson requested
■ to act as Secretary.
On motion o I Thus H. Green. Esq , a committee
consisting of Titos. H. Green, Duncan M. Cowan.
James Lyons. John Morris, and Dr. D. R. Tinsley,
1 were appointed lo present matter fortbe consideration
ofthe convention-, and on motion the Chair was added
to that Commute.
The convention then took a reee-s for two hours,
and on re assembling, the committee reported the fol
lowing preamble and resolutions.which were received
and unanimously adopted.
Whereas, it has ever heen recognized as a cardinal
: principle of the great Democratic party‘hat the rep-
rescn'xtive must obey 'he wil! of the constituent, and
whereas we fully and cordially coincide with this
conservative doctrine of instruction, be it there
fore;
i Resolved. 1st . That we. the delegates of the Dem-
i ocratic party, from the several districts of Monroe
boldly avow removals lor opi
ions sake, hope to escape inferences drawn from the
known opinion and principles of their appointees to
vacancies thus created.
The prominence given by the Convention to the
advancement of the ‘'social, moral and intellectual in
terests” of ihe people of Georgia, commands my
hearty approval. Here is open before ns a field ol
action in which a well regulated ambition may find
ample incentive, and rhe most towering intellect,
abundant employment. It is with me. no new opin
ion. that we have all greatly erred in chaining State
interests to the car of national politics, though per-
haps any attempt to break a connection, to which the
public mind has become habituated, may appear
Utopian. If they be absolutely inseparable whilst,
as patriots, we may nut be indifferent to the latter,
>ve may, at least, find in the lull of the tempest that
has recently swept over Ihe land, a fit interval for
increased devotion to the former.
In accepting the nomination tendered me, I can
not refrain Ihe expression of unfeigned regret, that
j county, in Convention assembled, in order to place : an abler representative ol the principles with which
I our candidates in a proper position, and removing any ; we go before the people, had not been selected. I
i tetrs nr apprehensions that may be entertained upon take courage, however, in consciousness that they
: the question of the Liquor Traffic, now agitating the command my heart’s warm devotion, and in the re-
' public mind, d chtre it to be the right ol the people to flection, that their devotee, wrestles with a strength
instruct their representatives upon any measure of : not his own. With those of my Fellow Citizens,
public policy, and that it is the duty olthe represents- by whatever p-rty designation heretofore known or
: lives to obey such instruction when positively and {however heretofore, difft ring upon questions that
clparly given. trerr who acknowledge these principles, and are
Resolved. 2nd , That each and every person accep- ready to battle for their maintenance, I cherfully
ting a nomination from this convention, will be con- ! mingle, for weal, or for woe. my political fortunes
sidcred as recogni-ing the doctrines sd forth in the ! 1 tender )oil personally, gentlemen, my acknowl-
abnve resolution and that he will nut vote for any pro edgPtnents.T>r the kind and flattering terms in which
hibitnry law, npon the above named question, until , you have communicated with me.
” — Very respectfufiy. your ob't. serv't.
CHARLES J JENKINS
Messrs R. Toombs, R. T. Davis, J J. Word*
Thos. W. Thomas, and J. Knowles, Committee'
&c. _
LETTER FROM MR. JENKINS.
Augusta, 1st July 1852.
My Dt ar Sir:—Your letter of the 24th tilt has been
received, and but for a sense of courtesy due to you,
I should be tempted to ask you to excuse me, for the
” a column
probable, comparatively
Sec. 9. And he it further enacted hy the authority
aforesaid, Thai ifany person or person* shall wilfully and
maliciously damage, injure, or obstruct, or in any man
ner destroy, or shall wilfully and maliciously cause, or
aid and assist, or counsel or advise, any other person or
persons to destroy, or in any manner to hurt, damage, ins
fateor obstruct the aforesaid Kail Roads, or either of
them, or any bridge or other appurtenance connected
SMS- or * n 7 vehicle, edifice, right or privilegegrnn-
thereof h ««^h t ' &rwl ron »'ruet*d for use under nutnorily
ble to 80 off *’ nd *"8 shall be lia-
imprisoned at ^iar<i Udiour in^eT 8h "" J*
discretion of the Ca5^; n ,^, be . h ^ n, ^> , “ r y. “'he
•hallta further liable to pay all d^nug^s Jnd«£m^
“Tbi* provision repealed by act* of 1640
such instruction be given thus allowing a majority in
each county to control and govern.
Resolved. 3rd . That onr candidates are nominated
to carry out the great principles of the Democratic
party, of the whole country, as set forth in the Balti-
| more Platform of 1852. and not as the defendants or
• opponents of any local measure, thus putting to haz
ard the triumph of Democratic, principles.
On motion of Win H. Gunn, F,«q . two-thirds of
the vote given in. was declared necessary to nomi-
; nate candidates, and each district entitled to three
! The convention then proceeded to nominate candi- pl e reason that I have no fancy for filling
dates bv ballot. in a newspaper. I think it probable, coni[
The following gentlemen were declared onaniin- few will agree with me in opinion, but I give it to
nusly nominated; For Senator. Z F. Harman. For yon fur what it is worm.
Representatives. Col's Writ. C. Redding, and James
S. Pinckard.
Col. Pinckard being in town, the following com
II i'h a stronger desire, than crcr before to adhere to
the National iVhig Fatty, and gt/te to their nominees
my feeble support, I have been unable to l ring my mind
ited un him and asked his appearance before lo the conclusion that I ought lo vote for Celt-Scott-
-- - — “ — ■ My objection has no relation whatever to the Sonth-
I erit question. Satisfied with the Platform of the Par-
ty. and with his prompt, unqualified adhesion to it. I
leel profound regret that other difficulties interpose
i between me and tbi ballot box. It is enough that a
candidate for the Presidency is an honorable man,
nil intelligent and accomplished gentlemen, a success
ful general, and that be subscribes ihe Whig creed?
IfGen Scott can lay claim to oilier qualifications than
these, they are nut known lo the mass of the people.
There are hundreds of thousands of American citi
zens having. in an equal degree, these qualifications.
the convention, viz- Wm H Gunn, D R- Tinsley,
and Jns. M. Bottler.
The committee returned and presented Col. Pinck
ard. who for a lew moments very happily addressed
the meeting, a-cepting the nomination and pledging
himself lo abide by and obey the resolutions as passed
by ihe convention.
[The following committee was appointed to ap
prise Col. Harman and Col Redding, of their nomi
nation and request their acceptance,viz: P. H John
son. J Morris,and Wm. H. Green-
On motion the proceedings of this meeting signed
by the chairman and countersigned hy the_Secre!ary excep t only that o^ichffie
i cn*iiriiinri ana counirrsijiiicti j , » * . .
were ordered to be sent to the Georgia Telegraph, j the «ymboi»;
Jeffi-rsoniaii and Federal Uniou.and request publics
lion.
The convention then adjourned
R. T. RODDEY, Chm’u
Henry Johnson, Sec.’y.
nl. operates no disparagement. But there are
other qualifications, by no means so common, wliicn
ought to be considered indispensible. and which with
out enumeration, will present themselves to every
reflecting mind. We are not only without evidence
that Gen. Scott has these, but there is good reason to
The most immediate Remedy lor Coughs and I belivve tliwt he has very decided disqualifications.—
Colds is Holloway s Pills—'This celebrated and ex | iyjj| ; t be d P „i e d that he has a lusty, arbitrary tern
traordinary medicine is not only an effectual cure for j per _ an imperious self-will impatient ofall opposition
coughs, colds, hoarseness or even loss of voice, but
is likewise a certain remedy in *11 cases of wheezing*,
shortness of breat and asthma. Any penrsouwho may
be so bad as not to be able to lay down in their beds
lest they should be choked with phlegm, n.ay he cured
by these Pills when other means have failed, this lat
ter class of sufferers may depend upon getting great
—overweening confidence in his own judgement, an
inordinate ambitnm? Will it be pretended that he
ha* a clear, calm, well-balanced mind, whose equilib
rium caunot be easily disturbed? If not. is it wise, is
it safe to place suen a man, accustomed, throughout
a long and activejife. to despotic military rule, at the
head of a Republican Government? I am constrain
relief in the first ten days, and in three or four weeks j g( j ((J j, e |j eve u, at h 6i u well as his opponent, has
they will sleep almost as well as ever they did in their j been |e | tfC(e( j t0 | e | y w j t h reference to atai/ubilily con-
sifting of military eclat, end such freedom from polit
sidcred that the proportions made to the Convention of | mas k by which his true character is sought
otockholders of the (ieorgia Kail Hoad, at their last an- U ] A l °
mial meeting, by the delegation from this county, of | ° Concealed t
In execution of the same design, Mr.
f" ” paragraph upon the
! relative rights of the States arid federal
i government: giving a fling, on the one hand
at consolidationisrs, and on (he other, at the
State rights School. Does Mr. Jenkins
{ forget that he has been a leader of the Con-
j Si.lidalion School in Georgia, ever since
! the year 1S40. when he abandoned States
t j Rights doctrines, and went for Gen. Har
rison,— in 1S44, when he went for Clay
in 1S4S when he went for Taylor, in ] S52
when he voted for the Ghost of the depar
ted Webster, all tbe time making war upon
the veto power, the best hope ofthe South
and the last barrier against centralization ?
Has he forgotten all this, and d3re he in the
face ol such a caieer, set himself up as a
teacher of true republicanism? It is the
coolest impudence that has been perpetra
ted in many a long day.
Again: How dare Mr. Jenkins make a
fling at tbe true State Rights School, by
faUelv charging too great readiness • to
proclaim disunion.” Does lie remember,
that ill 1S32-3 ite was one of the leaders of
the disunion party. Does he repudiate his
toast, at the Lexington Jinnor in 1832 in
which he said “ The Union— it was formed
to be valuable, why should not its value he
calculated?” We suppose, that Mr. Jetts
kins having boxed every point of the polit
ical compass, feels fully competent to tea I
homilies in disguise to every body.
Mr. Jenkins, all at once, is very zealous
to hold every administration “to strict ac
countability in the expenditure of public
money.” When did M r. Jenkins ever con
demn a Whig administration lor extrava
gance? Has he ever opened his lips against
the corrupt and blind extravagance of Gen.
Taylor’s Galphiu Cabinet ? Has he ever
been known to censure Mr. Fillm tie’s un»
paralelled prodigality of the public treas
ure? If so, where is the record? Un the
contrary, he pronounced a glowing pane*
gyrick upon him, in the Union Convention,
in April 1852. This whining cant, about
“strict accountability.’’ comes too late and
under circumstances which leave room to
doubt its sincerity. It is even true, say we,
that ibis rigid accountability should be re
quired. But Mr. Jenkins winks at GaU
phanism and Gardinerism in a Whirr Ad
ministration and is keen to detect, even
where it does not exist, and bitter to de
nounce, wasteful expenditure by a Dent r
cratic administration. We prefet to see
this plaslick apostle of Toombs, practice
what he preaches.
But where did Mr. Jenkins get this text?
If is a very innocent kind of latceny which
he and his Convention have pet petrated
upon the Baltimore Democratic Platform.
Look at the 5tli Resolution and you find it
stronger and better expressed. Yet Mr.
Jenkins puts it forward with the gravity of
a new, original conception. He ought to
have remembered, that this is no new doc
trine with the party, which he scorned just
twelve mouths ago, and that they have prac
tised it much better than any Whig Ad
ministration ever did.
Mr. Jenkins evidently intends a covert
fling at Gen. Pierce when lie says, “If
removals from office fall upon opponents,
surely appointments may serve to indicate
the friends of its adoption.” Connecting
this with Toomb’s tirade against Pierce,
for “appointing foreigners, red republicans,
German Jews, and Ftee Soilers” as he was
pleased to designate them, in his speech in
liis late Convention, it is not difficult to
understand Mr. Jenkins's allusion. Bur did
Mr. Jenkins ever condemn Fillmore for
putting Tom Corwin in the Treasury de*
partment? Yes; Tom Cot win, the aboli
tionist, he who opposed the Mexican war
and said he hoped the enemy would
welcome our brave soldiers, with bloody
hands to hospitable graves. Let not Mr.
Jenkins ‘hope to escape inferences’drawn
from this fact. Yet he lias exhausted his
powers of eloquence in praise of Fill
more.
It is ‘no new opinion’ with Mr. Jenkins,
‘that we have all greatly erred, in chaining
State interests to the car of National pol
itics ’ Indeed! Mr. Jenkins, do you actual
ly think so? When did you come to that
conclusion? Whence did the idea originate?
SnRmir vniirt*!!' hi a t-viaiA
which he was a member, were favorably received
Col. Campbell, of Milledgeville, who with Mr. Orme, ! Jenkins indites a fin
was present, also addressed the meeting upon the state
1 of the existing charters tinder which we might proceed
to work.
Mr. Thomas, of Hancock, also addressed the meeting
at some length, showing by most forcible illustrations,
the increased value which would be given to property
in the county, pnrticualrly real estate, by a Rail Road
passing through it.
Judge Bax;cr then offered the follow ing resolutions,
which were unanimously adopted, viz:
Resolved, That the persons incorporated bytheac 1
of 1837, ns the Milledgetilie Rail Road Company, hp re"
quested to meet and organize at as early a day as practf
i able.
ResolvpiI, further. That the people of Hancock will
subscribe a sufficient sum to survey the route from Ma
con \ la Milledgeville and tSpnrla to VV’arrention, or such
ol o'her point of intersection with the Georgia Rail
Road as the Stockholders may agree npon, and tbatsoh-
scripttons thus made, be taken as stork, provided Ihe
road is built; and that a committee of five he appointed
by Ihe C hair to lake.such subscriptions and to engage the
services of a competent Engineer to make the survey.
Resolved, further, Tint this committee he authorized
to confer w iih Committees of the other mei tingsund
companies, and to call a meeting ufthe people ofthe
county when they de<m ii proper, and to do all other
acts which they may dnni nr-cpssary lo the ac
complishment of the object in view.
Tliet ommiilee apt ointed are, Thos. M Turner, Tin-
ton Stephens. Thomas Whahy, Ilaidy C. Culver and E
Cot hern. On motion, tht Chairman Mr. Lane, was ad-
I ded-
j I,elterf were read from Mr King, President of the
Georgia Rai I Road, and Iri in Messrs. A J Miller and
\V M. D’Antignac. Directors, expressing opinions favor
able to a Road Irom W arrenton via Sparta and Mil"
ledgeville lo Macon.
On motion of Col. Turner, the proceedings were or
dered to be published in tha Milledgeville, Macon and
Augusta papers A. J L.v NE. Chairman-
David W Lewis, Sec'y.
DEMOCRATIC M EE TING.
At a meeting of the Democratic Party, held at the
Court house in Macon. Gen J W Arm-tong was
called to the Chair, end Dr. J M. Green appointed
Secretary. After the objects of the meeting had
heen explained hv the Chairman, on motion, the I'ol-
| lowing gentlemen were constituted a committee to
report business; C. A Lochrane, C L' Cole. SB
Hunter. H Cowart, W L Law-lie; Nathan Bass,
i Barefield
The Committee retired and on their return made
the following report, which afler some discussion be
tween Messrs Bass. Lochrane. Hunter. McLaughlin,
| Rutherford. Coxe and Bankston, was adopted:
Resolved. Thai the Democracy of Bibb, most cor
dially approved and concur in the nomination of the
lion H V Johnson. a»tba Democratic cam!iilate lo.
1 Governor of Georgia and of the Hon. David Jr
Bailey, as the Democratic candidate to represent the
Third Congressional Dt-tricl in the Congress of the
United States, and that we will, to tbe utmost of our
; ability, promote their election
Resolved. That opposition to a general sy-tem of
internal improvements, by the General Government,
constitutes now, as it ever has done, a cardinal feature
in the principles of the Democratic party , and that
: we view with alarm mid distrust ihe large appropri
ation- of public lands in the new States (’to the pre
judice of the older ones) for rail road purposes.
Resolved. That the Democratic parly of tach dis-
: trict in the count y, he requested to appoint five
Delegates lo assemble at the Court House, in this
City, on the first Saturday in September, for the
i purpose of nominating a candidate for Senator and
! two Representatives.
j On motion the thanks of the meeting were lender-
j ed to the presi ling officers, and after requesting the
publication of me proceedings in the Georgia Tele
graph. the meeting adjourned.
JAMES VV. ARMSTRONG, Chm’n.
James M. Green, Sec’y.
Macon. July 2d, 1853.
convictions known But no. He is silent j leaders in Georgia, because whig politicians
as a tombstone until amid the wteck of I then had control ofthe Treasury, and they
Whig^eiy he is compelled to cry out.
When did Mr. Jenkins ever vole for a
Democrat? When did he ever show by
his vote, f ir men or measures, that he te-
gardeJ the interest of Georgia more than
he did Whiggery? Fven with this power
ful conviction resting upon his mind, is it
not notorious, that he was ready to oppose
J edge Starnes for the Bench of the .Middle
Circuit, although he is confessedly an able
and upright Judge, for no other reason, names; they say they are no longer Whig
than that he is a Democrat? Aivay with 1 but Repr/dican Citizens, and now when
such stuff Mi. Jenkins. Your actions do , they cannot get any more money out of the
contradict your woids. Ail this professed Treasury, they are in favor of economy,
‘spirit of fealty to country rather than party’ VVhilstihey had hopes of obtaining Fed*
is gammon. Intelligent men see it. They oral office, they had great confidence in
j know that, if the Wh>g pany were perma- their Northern brethren, but when their
nently seated in power, his lips would never hopes of National preferment failed, they
i have uttered such a sentiment. To decoy I'*st all confidence in all parties at the north,
| the people hy false pretences into his sup and are now striving to build tip a sectional
were living in clover. But a day of reck
oning has come, these plunderers have been
caught and exposed, the Treasury has been
locked against 'hem, and these old sinners
know that the people will never liust them
again under their old name and character.
In this dilemma they have professed a sud
den and miraculous Conversion. They
want their former history to be forgotten;
like artful rogues, they have changed their
| port, this anonymous Convention was g
ten up and his election (matk the predic
paity at the South. Such a sudden and
miraculous Conversion in these old Whig
tion) will be hailed all over the Union as a politicians may well astonish the people of
Whig victory.
| Hoiv magnanimous! how patriotic! For
j the sake of these ptinciples, Mr. Jenkins,
in the ovet flowing of his soul,’ “is willing to
mingle, for weal or woe, his political for
tunes,' with every body,‘by what ever par
ty designation heretofore known.’
••Conte all the w orld, come Deim crat thou
All things in Charles are ready now ”
He stands ready to receive you with
open arm-', although twelve month- ago,
he repudiated further alliance with you —
thought the Union party ought to he dis
solved arid that ‘after the closest self exam
ination he could not discover that he had
been at aft democratised.’
Artificial enthusiasm.
There is no real enthusiasm in the
ranks ofthe Toombs Paity, no demon
strations of delight over the nomination
of Mr Jenkins; so the Recorder must have
the appearance if not the substance. That
sheet has gone largely into the manufacture
ot the artificial article and deals by the
wholesale. Because Mr. Jenkins happens
to he a gentleman and a man ot talents the
Georgia. There is something very suspic
ious about it. Ihe time and circumstances
are all su-picious. When an Abolitionist
fill'dlhe Presidential chair, and Abolition
ists and Free soilers were promoted to
many of the most important positions in the
cabinet and in the government, these same
leaders of the Georgia VV big*, cried, tieace
peace, theie is no danger; but now if a
Dee soiler is appointed a Collector nr a
Post Master at the North, they profess to
see great danger. When the South ivas
contending for a portion of the New Ter
ritory, arid struggling to defend het»elf
aginst the encroachments of Non hem Fa
natics, these same men, the-e old whig pol
iticians, w ere willing that the South should
make great sacrifices for the sake of quiet,
peace, harmony, and Union. But now
when the whole conlmveisy is settled,
w hen peace and union have been purchased
and all parties are willing to forget the
past, and sacrifice their feelings and their
prejudices for the benefit the country, these
re.s'less politicians have suddenly discover
ed that the South is in danger, and are stri
ving to promote agitation, si life, and confu
sion. Ihe moral ot all the«e miraculous
r> 7 til it * . * • i * an iiiiiblijm'uo
Recorder would nave all men worship him • .. . . .
.. .. ...... K n | changes in ihe tone and tactics of these old
without r, sped to his political opinions. But
| the people of Georgia have rights and inter- j
ests at stake which depend upon the sound- !
ness of her politicians and state-men And '
feeling that the security of these are para
mount to all considerations (merely person- !
al) they will not confide them to doubtful '
hands. We have said that Mr. Jet kins is a I
Federalist in principle. If he is not. would j
hr* have suffered his name to have been ;
placed on tbe same ticket fot the Vice Pres- |
idenev with Dan’l. Webster! Why did
Mr. Grah am of North Carolina refuse the
honor which Mr. Jenkin3 was pleased to
accept? He would not stain his reputation
political hacks, is so plain that ‘he who rims
may lead.’ Whilst these ambitious and
selfish men were handling the money in
the national Treasury, and hoping and ex
pecting high office under the National gov
ernment, they ctied, peace, peace, do not
di-tuib us, we ate doing very well, let us
alone. But now when the door of national
honors, and the door of the Treasury are
barred against them, they endeavor to stir
up agitation, “and are willing that discord
should reign forever.”
Fire in (lie Low Lands.
Under this head our neighbour of the
by such an associa'ion and at once rejected i Recorder last week put forth two very
Uzx mrorlnra Won rv.it \l r f-2 rohn m qo nc>. .#1 I • .... _ •
THE GREATEST DISCOVERY OF THE AGE.
Planters. Farmers. Families and others, can pur
chase no remedy equal to Dr Tobias’ Venetian Lin
iment. for Dysentery. Coiic, Croup. Chronic Rheu
matism, tluinsey. Sore Throat. Toothache, Sea Sick
ness, Cuts, Burns. Swellings. Old Si,res. Mosquito
Bites, Insect Stings, Pain* in the Limits, Chest. Back
Sfc. If it does not give relief, the money will he re
funded. all that is asked, is a hint, and use it accord
ing to ihe directions. This article is an English rem
edy, and was used by ll'illiam the Fourth, late King
of England and certified to by him, as a cure for
Rheumatism, when everv tiling else recommended
by his Physicians has failed.
| Over III 0(11).COO of Bottles have heen sold in the
i United Slates, without a single failure, and many
families have stated, that if it was $10 per bottle, they
would never he without it, in case of Croup, as it is
ascertain as it is applied. It cures Toothache in
three minutes: Headache in half an hour and Choi
era when first taken, in a few hours It is perfectly
innocent to take internally, and has the recommen
dation of many of the most eminent Physicians in
the United Slates. Price 25 and 50 cents.
[CP Dr. Tobias has also pul up a Liniment for
1 Horses, iu Pint Bottles, which is warranted—cheap
er and heller than any other, for the cure of Colic,
; Galls, Swellings, old sores, cuts, bruises, scratches,
cracked heel, &e. Price 50cents.
Dr. Tobias could fill a dozen newspapers with the
certificates and letters received, relating to the won
derful cotes accomplished hy his Liniment, but con
siders that warranting it. sufficient, as any person
who does not obtain relief, need not pay for it There
ha* been so much worthless Medicine sold to the
public, that Dr. Tobias wishes his article to rest on
its own merits—and if he gives the value of the mo
ney received, then he asks the patronage of the pub
lic. not otherwise.
Dr. Tobias’ office 240 Greenwich st. New York.
CASE, FORT Sl Co.. Hole Wholesale and Re
tail Agents. Milledgeville: and for sale by the Drug
gists and store-keepera throughout Georgia.
ihe overture. Was not Mr. Graham as good
a Whig as Mr. Jenkins? Mr. Jenkins be
longs to the Hamilton school of politics.—
His political life has heen spent in the effort
to propagate the odious d"Ctiines of that
school: and if at this day he has not the bold
ness to avow them, they ate none the less
interwoven into his very existence. The
man who believed once that it was danger
ous to our free institutions t<> place power
in tbe hands ofthe people cannot, like the
viper, shed bis belief at stated periods—it is
too deeply seated in his natuie to be up
rooted by every fitful breeze that disturbs
the political atmosphere. As a politician
then Mr. Jenkins is radically unsound. He
is the essence of Whiggery in its purest
water, Fedeialism. And though he may not
raise an issue upon that question at this
this time, the Democracy ami true Republi
can ILhigs of Geotgia will not forget his
past advocacy of the odious doctrines of the
Federal Party. T<> get up enthusiasm for
Mr. Jenkins with the masses, with whom he
has not one feeling in common, is a work
that requires machinery for its operation—
it is not the offspring of impulse and feel
ing, the true elements of enthusiasm.
stattling announcements. The first was
“that southwestern Georgia was in a blaze
of enthusiasm, ’ VVhig enthusiasm of course,
and the 2d “that in the wire grass counties
tbe name ol Jenkins is sweeping every
thing be foie it.” We hope those who
own property in southwestern Georgia and
in the wiie gtass counties will not be alarm
ed. This blaze which emeriated from the
Recorder office,will nevei se' the Ocmulgee
or the Flint river cn fite. It is very much
like Fox fiie; it is perfectly harmless, and
shines only in dark places. Whiggery
like some other substances shines as it rots,
and ail its heat is produced by petrifaction.
In the fotcibie language of John Ran
dolph “it stinks 8nd shines like rotten Mack
erel by moon light.” We have no doubt
“the name of Jenkins is di ivino every thing
before it,” and he will again come nut be
hind every thing, as he did last fall. He
will have the same con*olatiou in his race
with Johnson, that Crawford had when he
tun against Iverson. Mr. Jenkins c&n ssy
with perfect safety
• There is one thing sure, he can’t run o’er tne.
Because he will always be before me.’'
(£/* Extract from a letter, dated Mariet-
: ta, July 6th, 1853.
j The Toomh’* patty had a ratification meeting here
I yesterday, they had sent notices all over the county,
and as it was sale day, they expected a large crowd.
■ the whole number present at the mei ting at no time
I would have exceeded one hundred—there was no
; t me during the meeting but that Johnson could have
! beat Jenkins from 5 to 10 votes, provided all in the
! room had hRve voted.
| Two speeches were made, one by Gen. Mansell to
; bring in Union men ol all sorts and complexion, the
{ other by Mr. Burch of this place, formallv a Hoiitliern
I Rights Whig, now a Jenkii.s man. he made a strong
fire-eating speech, proving the platform to he the
thing lor all Southern Rights men. both VVhig and
] Democrats: both speakers abused the President for
I his appointments, and abused both of the National
I parties, and called upon the people lo rally lo the
support of the South, showiox that the rights of ihe
! South were in imminent danger.
diihinli unnrull . i.'-j I But uiion the whole, it did not do ns any haras, as
Submit yourself to a rigid self txamina* ; , he oMCoo „ w ..shown so plainly th.t.ll the Deo.- , - . ,
tton. Did it not arise from the stern fact, ocrat* present were benefited by getting a sight at it | readable type.
The* Richmond Whig
You aie quite loo fast Mr. Whig in some
of your Georgia Items. The Federal Un
ion has never bowed the kttee to Bob
Toombs, never believed him a Gt d, and
never worshiped any of the images which
he has setup; and it he evet was an angel
he is certainly a fallen one. You make a
great mistake also when you assert that
several Union Democratic papers in Geor
gia are out against the Democratic candi
date. Every Democratic press in Georgia
supports Judge Johnson.
A gentle reminder-
If our friend Knowles of the Reorder
will furnish iis with a file of the Rome
Conner of 1S52. we will remind him of sev
eral things which has escaped his memory,
by publishing a few extracts in our large